No' instances
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 109 U.S. 485 - Ellis v. Davis · 1883Most cited · 266 citing opinions
a person who had been successful at law has been allowed to file a bill for an account of rents and profits during' the tortious possession held against him; or in which the complex *494 ity of the account has afforded a moth xor the interposition of a court of chancery to decide the title and to adjust the account." ■ This case was cited and its doctrine approved and applied in the recent case of "Root "v.
How often courts cite the case defining “No' instances”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “No' instances” — 265 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.